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of "foreign policy begins at home." richard, thank you for joining me. although it seems to have been a successful trip for relations with israel has it done much to nudge the peace process forward? >> it's in some ways set the foundation or provided a context. i've been a diplomat before and there are times you can do peace plans, times situationes are right for specific proposals. this is not one of them. this was a trip to go over the head of the israeli government, to build a context of support. once that context exists then it makes it less date for the israeli government to dom to a negotiating table and put kids forward. the same logic applies to the palestinian side. this is a pre-negotiating trip. >> do you think he comes back with the stage set where he's prepared to invest his own political capital and get the peace process going? >> i think it's probably too oon to get that decision but great deal and turkey, was brought around with concerns about iran, the fear of syria. now you've had a rejew -- renewed st
of "foreign policy begins at home." richard, thank you for joining me. although it seems to have been a successful trip for relations with israel has it done much to nudge the peace process forward? >> it's in some ways set the foundation or provided a context. i've been a diplomat before and there are times you can do peace plans, times situationes are right for specific proposals. this is not one of them. this was a trip to go over the head of the israeli government, to build...
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. >> he was a titan of american foreign policy. and american immigrant who became an american original. >> america has never been true to itself unless it meant something beyond itself. >> from china. >> the closest cooperation between china and the united states. it's essential. >> to chile. from vietnam to the middle east. >> the united states is committed to bring about a just and lasting peace. >>'s impact on american policy is measured in decades. to his supporters, a. >> i think he will stand out as one of the most important international figures in the last 100 years. >> to his detractors, a billion. >> it would be hard to find somebody else as comp ago in terms of the damage that they've done. >> he was born in germany in 1923 to a jewish family. when he was 15, they fled nazi germany for new york. he was drafted into the american military and deployed to his home country to help with denazification. he taught at harvard, giving him access to elite foreign policy until richard nixon named tim national security advisor and s
. >> he was a titan of american foreign policy. and american immigrant who became an american original. >> america has never been true to itself unless it meant something beyond itself. >> from china. >> the closest cooperation between china and the united states. it's essential. >> to chile. from vietnam to the middle east. >> the united states is committed to bring about a just and lasting peace. >>'s impact on american policy is measured in decades....
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john kirby said there is no question but he shaped foreign policy decisions for decades. remember, keep up-to-date with all of the days news on our website, bbc.com/news. narrator: funding for this presentation of this program is provided by... narrator: financial services firm, raymond james. man: bdo. accountants and advisors. narrator: funding was also provided by, the freeman foundation. and by judy and peter blum kovler foundation; pursuing solutions for america's neglected needs. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> good evening. >> on the newshour tonight, civilians in gaza get another day of reprieve from war. we speak to the head of unicef about the urgent humanitarian needs of the war's youngest victims and the risks should fighting resume. >> the latest united nations climate conference opens in dubai amid global tensions and skepticism that the world will move away from fossil fuels. >> a masterful diplomat
john kirby said there is no question but he shaped foreign policy decisions for decades. remember, keep up-to-date with all of the days news on our website, bbc.com/news. narrator: funding for this presentation of this program is provided by... narrator: financial services firm, raymond james. man: bdo. accountants and advisors. narrator: funding was also provided by, the freeman foundation. and by judy and peter blum kovler foundation; pursuing solutions for america's neglected needs. ♪ ♪...
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. >> yang: president-elect trump talked foreign policy with former secretary of state henry kissinger.ta today he met with japanese prime minister, shinzo abe, the first world leader to come calling, since the election. the transition team incoming administration has begunti launching its so-called "landing teams" to work on the transition with current administration officials across the federal government.s th all members of those teams, and anyone being vetted for an administration job, have to give up lobbying if they're a registered lobbyist. and they have to agree to a five-year lobbying ban after leaving government service. today, vice president-elect pence was on capitol hill, addressing the house republican conference he once led: >> very humbling to be back among my former colleagues who are excited about moving the trump agenda forward in the coming congress and i'm just so grateful, so grateful for them warm hospitality. >> yang: mr. pence also sat down with house minority leader nancy pelosi, and with chuck schumer, the incoming senate minority s leader. for the pbs newshour,
. >> yang: president-elect trump talked foreign policy with former secretary of state henry kissinger.ta today he met with japanese prime minister, shinzo abe, the first world leader to come calling, since the election. the transition team incoming administration has begunti launching its so-called "landing teams" to work on the transition with current administration officials across the federal government.s th all members of those teams, and anyone being vetted for an...
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not a lot of talk about foreign policy. there has been talk about rebalancing after two long wars, focusing on rebuilding the united states. is there, stephen hadley starting with you -- i don't know, do you fear that we might pull back from the-- disengage too much? >> i think we already have. i think you see hit in the middle east. there's a phrase "a decade of war is coming to an end." if you look at what's happening in the middle east it's not true. what's coming to an end is our involvement from a military standpoint in the middle east. if we're not going to be involved militarily in the middle east we still have interest there. and so the challenge is how are we going to protect those interests and advance those interests in a different way. i think that's one of the real challenges for this next team. >> brown: what do you think? >> i would agree, i would agree with what steve said. in terms of the middle east, however, i would say this. we'll have one more chance. i believe that. one more chance to make an effort to
not a lot of talk about foreign policy. there has been talk about rebalancing after two long wars, focusing on rebuilding the united states. is there, stephen hadley starting with you -- i don't know, do you fear that we might pull back from the-- disengage too much? >> i think we already have. i think you see hit in the middle east. there's a phrase "a decade of war is coming to an end." if you look at what's happening in the middle east it's not true. what's coming to an end...
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the irony is, his entire first term his strong suit was foreign policy. so when you have, you know, still slow economy, slow growing and the unemploymentÑi report, u know, we'reçóñr stillxd sort ofg stuck, growing but not very fast. so you throw in -- now his foreign policy acumen has been questioned.ñrÑi it's rem he had -- you know, since l.b.j. the saying is you got the first year of your term really to get your priorities finished and his first year is almost going to be up. it sort of reminds me of george bush in 2005 when he set out his priority was remaking social security and he failed at that just as katrina came and that was a double whammy that -- >> at th >> rose:Ñi handicapped him. >> mark halperin, the politics of this are fascinating. let's start with republicans. it used to>x8q inÑi washington f you have the speaker of the house, you have the majority leader of the house, you hadÑi e chairman of the house intelligence committee m% rogers and you had one of theÑi darlings of the tea party cotton of arkansasñr all sayingó "i'm for
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and it is really the foreign policy issue of these elections. there's no talk about the wars in afghanistan or iraq. it's all about china. it's all about democrats saying republicans want to ship jobs to china. republicans counter with democrats sent stimulus dollars to china. china is the foreign policy issue in election ads this year. >> suarez: immigration was also a hot button issue but the people running the ads were all on the a-side of the column. let's watch. >> waves of illegal aliens streaming across our border joining violent gangs, forcing families to live in fear. what is harry reid doing about it? voting to give illegal aliens social security benefits, tax breaks and college tuition. >> an illegal alien killed my three-year-old son. he had been arrested 16 times but never turned over to immigration because of the sanctuary policies that mary supports. >> suarez: there's no bill on the floor. there's been no proposal for comprehensive immigration reform, yet it's out there. >> right. this is an issue we saw spike with the arizona la
and it is really the foreign policy issue of these elections. there's no talk about the wars in afghanistan or iraq. it's all about china. it's all about democrats saying republicans want to ship jobs to china. republicans counter with democrats sent stimulus dollars to china. china is the foreign policy issue in election ads this year. >> suarez: immigration was also a hot button issue but the people running the ads were all on the a-side of the column. let's watch. >> waves of...
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we've asked foreign policy and political experts to weigh in on president obama's speech. find that in a special annotated version of the text, along with full video of the address. and more from our team in baghdad on how ordinary iraqis feel about security in their country. plus a follow-up to our story on the art of negotiating. harvard law professor robert mnookin answered your questions. find that on paul solman's making sense page. all that and more is on our web site, newshour.pbs.org. judy? >> woodruff: and that's the newshour for tonight. on wednesday, we'll have a newsmaker interview with vice president biden in iraq. i'm judy woodruff. >> lehrer: and i'm jim lehrer. we'll see online, and again here tomorrow evening. thank you, and good night. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org
we've asked foreign policy and political experts to weigh in on president obama's speech. find that in a special annotated version of the text, along with full video of the address. and more from our team in baghdad on how ordinary iraqis feel about security in their country. plus a follow-up to our story on the art of negotiating. harvard law professor robert mnookin answered your questions. find that on paul solman's making sense page. all that and more is on our web site, newshour.pbs.org....